Philosophy Free Will & Determinism
Freedom, Nature, and World
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2008
- Category
- Free Will & Determinism, Metaphysics, General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780776618272
- Publish Date
- Jan 2008
- List Price
- $16.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780776606620
- Publish Date
- Jan 2008
- List Price
- $35.00
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Description
Freedom, Nature, and World is a collection of essays by Peter Loptson which examine issues posed by a broadly naturalistic view of the world, which Loptson defends while also exploring some of the challenges it confronts. Papers on freedom, Kant, Christianity, Homer, the history of analytic philosophy, the place of humanity in nature, and other topics, are brought together within a synoptically naturalistic purview. All the essays rest on, and in some cases extend, that synoptic perspective, which seeks to encompass both a scientific understanding of humankind in the natural world and the complexities of free rational agency within our cultural and historical settings.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Peter Loptson is a professor of philosophy at the University of Guelph.